There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by read more

Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.

Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Seeming genial, venial fault.